Hat-lining.



L. COHEN.

HAT LiNING.

APPLlcAioN FILED JULY 30.1914.

1,222,52'c Patented Apr. 10, 191.7.

LEON COHEN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

HAT-LINING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr.. MI), 191W..

Application filed July 30, 1914. Serial No.` 854,048.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, LEON Coi-IEN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Linings, of which the following is a specication containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to improvements in hat linings, and it is the object of my invention to provide a hat lining with a flexible, horizontally disposed annular extension casing or flange having at its free margin a continuous elastic element which flange and elastic element serve the functions of adapting or conforming a hat to dierent heads or coiifures, and of holding or retaining the hat in place without the use of pins and the like, which pierce the hat, and which horizontal extension or Harige reduces to a minimum the disturbance of hair arrangement or coiffure in the placing and removal of the hat on and from the wearers head.

With the above purposes in View, my invention consists in certain novel details of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, pointed out in my claim and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a simple sectional elevation of a hat having a lining constructed according to my invention;

Fig. 2 is an inverted plan of the hat shown in Fig. 1 with a portion of the lining in section; and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmental section showing the detail of the horizontal eXtension and the elastic element therein.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing:

4 designates the cro-wn and 5 the brim of a hat, which in their specific construction form no part of my invention, and both of which may be varied infinitely as to configuration and relative dimensions, as fashion dictates.

Within the crown 4t is a HeXible lining 6, tacked in place in an ordinary manner by stitches 7 at or adjacent its lower edge and near the brim 5 of the hat.

Departing now from the ordinary, l secure the lining 6 at a point above its lower margin, and the stitches 7, by a line of stitches S, and between the lines of stitches 7 and 8 fold, tuck or loop the lining to provide an angular extension 9 of the lining or casing and secure the extension in its folded form by a line of stitches 10 at or adjacent the neck of the extension or casing, near the body of the lining 6.

`Within this looped or folded extension of the lining l arrange an elastic cord 1l, which is extended beyond its normal dimensions to exert an inwardly directed strain on the free margin of the extension, thereby holding it normally in a substantially horizontal position with relation to the sides of the lining.

While l have shown the horizontal fiange or extension as being a part of the lining, do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to this construction, as it is obvious that any other construction providing a flexible and elastic annular flange within the hat arranged at a substantially horizontal position relative to the sides of the hat will perform the functions sought.

ln placing a hat, having the device of my invention therein upon the head, it is obvious that the elastic and flexible ange will automatically conform to the wea-rers head or coiffure, and further that the elastic element will cling to the head and through the flange or lateral extension of the lining constitute a support for the hat which needs no extraneous securing devices, such as the common hat pins, thus obviating the deterioration and unsightliness due to constant pricking the sides of the hat crown by the insertion of hat pins.

ln the provision of the extension, maintained at a definite angle with relation to the sides of the hat there is a minimum of surface bearing against the wearers head, and hence there will be a minimum of hair or coiffure disturbance.

Having thus decribed my invention, what l claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States therefor, is:

In combination with a hat crown, a lining constructed of flexible material, means for securing the lining adjacent its lowermost margin to the hat crown; a second means, removed from the lower margin of aan! the lining for securing the lining to the name to this specification, in presence of two crown, a fold in said lining between said sesubscribing Witnesses.

Curing means, securing means 1n said fold LE HEN next adjacent the body of the lining, and. an ON CO elastic element in said fold for the purposes Witnesses: stated. R. Gr. ORWIG,

In testimony whereof, I have signed my E. L. WALLACE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

